Fantasy football Week 9: Start, sit, sleepers

thenewstribune—Something's off here. Oh yeah, it's six NFL teams, who are not playing in Week 9. So fantasy football managers will have to do without A.J. Green, Andrew Luck, Saquon … Click to Continue

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Six teams are on a bye this week, giving stars like Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Luck, Zach Ertz and A.J. Green the week off. Here are three players that could have big games in their stead.

The Week 8 schedule gives fantasy football mainstays such as Julio Jones, Ezekiel Elliott, Philip Rivers and the Titans defense a break. No matter, there are plenty of other options, thanks to some good matchups and unfortunate injuries. Still, it's a critical week for setting up a playoff run.

A six-team off week normally would sting a little more, but fantasy teams should be able to manage without their best players from the Bills, Browns, 49ers, Patriots, Dolphins and Jets, though losing Nick Chubb, George Kittle and Matt Breida for a week does hurt.